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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


Most viewed - New River Valley People
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salt34.jpg661 viewsMover and shaker behind the Barter theater in Abingdon. This photo shows him speaking at the Saltville High School. Photo courtesy of Roger Allison shakerhoo@aol.com
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lester29.jpg661 viewsThis couple lived in Glade Spring, VA.
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lester21.jpg659 viewsPhoto ca. 1943.
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lester36.jpg658 viewsUnidentified Lester family group from Glade Spring, Va.
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boone.jpg657 viewsFamous explorer and frontiersman of Kentucky made his home for several years in Wilkes County. You might be interested in one of the better old biographies of Boone by Cecil B. Hartley or a very rare biography by John P. Hale Daniel Boone: Facts and Incidents Not Hitherto Published
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Milt&Alice.jpg656 viewsMilton Crosswhite (s/o Golden Crosswhite, Davidson Battery, CSA & Elizabeth Hockett) & wife, Alice Farris. Courtesy of Jack Hockett HocketT@wyeth.com

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lester43.jpg656 viewsLeft to right: Shirley Bowers, Juanita Hawthorne, Charles Lester, Mary Folden, Eliza Folden.
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CrosswhiteGoldenOliverGfr.jpg654 viewsCourtesy of Jack Hockett tlas101@aol.com
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ingrich5.jpg652 viewsFamily of Richard Ingool (1867-1941). They lived near Hays on Absher Rd. The man standing is not known. (From left with ages) German (9), Fonce (2), Richard (31), Denver (3), Mary Jane (28), Crom (5 months), third child (name unknown, age 5), and Blanch (7). Summer 1899. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net
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robertsarthur.jpg651 viewsBorn in Pulaski County, Arthur Roberts was a railroad man. Lived at East Radford, Montgomery County, VA.
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SHERIFFK.S.BORDWINE001.jpg649 viewsTHE FELLOW. SURE LOOKS LIKE HE WAS THE WASHINGTON CO. SHERIFF AT ONE TIME. THAT WALL POSTER IS FROM THE 20'S. THAT'S THE ALF SMITH WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST HOOVER IN 1928.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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